Organisations

Tempo Therapy & Consulting partners with health and community organisations to strengthen the conditions that support people to do good work, and to support clinicians, leaders, and teams working under sustained pressure.

This work focuses on strengthening psychological safety, reflective capacity, and ethical, trauma-responsive practice, while addressing burnout, cumulative stress, and workforce retention. The approach is evidence-informed, practical, and grounded in an understanding of the real pressures facing contemporary services.

Tempo Therapy & Consulting is led by Minky van der Walt, an experienced clinician, supervisor, and consultant with over 25 years’ experience working across hospitals, community mental health, child and family services, and education settings.

All organisational work is delivered directly by Minky and developed in partnership with services to ensure relevance, safety, and sustainability, with a focus on cultivating psychologically safe, human-centred cultures of care within teams.

Nipaluna / Hobart-based

Working across Lutruwita / Tasmania & nationally

In-person, online, and hybrid delivery to support teams across multiple locations.

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Who this work supports

Tempo Therapy & Consulting works with a range of health and community services. In my work with organisations, I support:

hospitals and health services
community health and mental health services
NGOs and not-for-profits
allied health teams and practices
primary care, rural services, and multidisciplinary teams
leaders, managers, clinical educators, and wellbeing leads

The challenges organisations bring

Many teams are holding complex clinical work alongside increasing system pressures. In my work with organisations, common themes include:

burnout, fatigue, turnover, and empathic strain
moral distress and decision fatigue
professional isolation, particularly in rural or specialist roles
team fragmentation, conflict, or depleted culture
high emotional load and vicarious trauma exposure
limited time for reflection, learning, or meaning-making

My support is clinically informed, systems-aware, and human, with structures that fit real-world constraints.

Services for your team

Reflective Practice & Group Supervision

Structured, psychologically safe reflective spaces that strengthen clinical judgement, team cohesion, and sustainable practice.

Formats may include:

ongoing monthly or fortnightly groups
short-term series (for example, 4–6 sessions)
discipline-specific or multidisciplinary groups
leadership reflective groups for managers, senior clinicians, and educators

Outcomes commonly include improved reflective capacity and shared decision-making, stronger boundaries and reduced “carrying it alone” cultures, increased psychological safety and peer support, and more effective responses to complexity and risk.

Supervision for Leaders and Senior Clinicians

Individual or small-group supervision for those carrying responsibility, complexity, and high relational load.

This work is well suited to:

team leaders and managers
senior clinicians and educators
practitioners in high-risk or high-intensity roles
clinicians navigating change, conflict, or growth

Focus areas may include ethical complexity, clinical leadership, sustainability and boundaries, reflective use of self, and navigating team culture and systemic pressure.

Professional Learning & Workforce Wellbeing Consulting

Integrated learning and consulting to support sustainable practice, reflective capacity, and psychologically safe cultures.

This work blends evidence-informed training with practical implementation support, ensuring workforce wellbeing initiatives are embedded rather than delivered as stand-alone events.

Support may include:

targeted workshops and professional learning
reflective practice and supervision framework design
wellbeing and capability-building strategy support
staff listening and qualitative insight processes

Engagements may align with NSQHS Standards and the Quintuple Aim where relevant.

Critical Incident Support (G-TEP)

Targeted, time-limited, trauma-informed group support following critical incidents, adverse events, or periods of cumulative stress.

This work draws on the Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (G-TEP) and, where appropriate, integrates creative or music-based reflective processes to support stabilisation, regulation, and collective recovery.

Support may include:

structured group G-TEP sessions
early intervention following incidents
non-verbal, containing group responses for teams exposed to acute or cumulative stress

This service is offered as a stand-alone response and does not replace individual therapy.

Working with teams and organisations

I support organisations to strengthen workforce wellbeing, reflective capacity, and sustainable practice, without placing the responsibility solely on individual staff.

I work with teams and leaders across health, education, and community services who are navigating high demand, complexity, and ongoing pressure. In these environments, capable and values-driven professionals can become exhausted or disconnected when they are expected to simply “cope” within stretched systems.

My work focuses on creating psychologically safe, relational spaces where staff and leaders can pause, reflect, and reconnect, to themselves, to one another, and to the purpose of their work.

In practice, this includes:

reflective and clinical supervision for teams and leaders
strengthening presence, attunement, and use of self in practice
supporting teams experiencing cumulative stress, burnout, or moral distress
embedding sustainable, human-centred ways of working

I bring over 25 years of clinical experience across hospitals, community mental health, child and family services, and education settings, alongside a grounded understanding of organisational realities. My approach is trauma-informed, systems-aware, and practical, offering support that is immediately applicable rather than abstract.

At the heart of my work is a belief that healthy systems are built through collective care, not individual resilience alone.

Evidence-informed and standards-aligned

My organisational work is informed by contemporary evidence and aligns with frameworks that matter in Australian health and community settings, including:

NSQHS Standards (Governance, Partnerships, Comprehensive Care, Workforce)
The Quintuple Aim, including workforce wellbeing, equity, and system sustainability

This helps ensure reflective practice and workforce support are integrated into quality, safety, and governance priorities.

What makes Tempo different from generic wellbeing programs

This work goes beyond stand-alone wellbeing programs to support sustainable, reflective practice at a systems level.

Tempo’s organisational work is not a stand-alone wellbeing offering or a one-off intervention. It is designed to support sustainable practice by strengthening the conditions in which people work, rather than placing responsibility solely on individual staff to manage systemic strain.

System-anchored, not individualising

This work recognises that burnout, moral distress, and fatigue do not arise in isolation. Support is designed with attention to role demands, organisational structures, and team culture, rather than focusing only on individual coping strategies. The emphasis is on collective care, reflective capacity, and shared responsibility.

Reflective and governance-aware

All work is grounded in reflective practice, ethical awareness, and alignment with organisational realities. Engagements can be designed to support quality, safety, and workforce priorities, and may align with frameworks such as the NSQHS Standards and the Quintuple Aim where relevant. This ensures wellbeing and reflective practice are integrated into everyday work, not treated as optional extras.

Creative, embodied approaches that support regulation and reflection

Alongside reflective dialogue and supervision, work with Tempo may incorporate creative and embodied processes, including music-based reflection, imagery, creative arts and somatic processes, where these are appropriate and supportive.

These approaches are not used for performance or expression, and staff are never expected to be “creative”. Rather, they provide structured, evidence-informed ways to support nervous system regulation, integration of experience, and reflective capacity, particularly in contexts of cumulative stress, trauma exposure, or high cognitive load.

Used thoughtfully, creative and embodied processes can help teams move beyond purely cognitive problem-solving, support shared language for experience, and create conditions for reflection that are often difficult to access through discussion alone.

Tailored and context-responsive

There is no one-size-fits-all model. All organisational work is co-designed with attention to the specific context, culture, readiness, and priorities of the team or service. This allows support to be practical, respectful, and genuinely embedded, rather than imposed or superficial.

How engagement works

Initial conversation to understand context, priorities, and risks
Co-design and proposal, including scope and governance considerations
Delivery in person, online, or hybrid, with screening where required
Review and refinement to ensure impact and fit

Let's talk it through

You’re welcome to get in touch for a brief conversation to talk things through and explore what support may be most appropriate for your organisation.

If you prefer, you’re also welcome to email me directly at minky@tempotherapy.com.au.